One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was so delighted.

一个很热的夏天，男孩又回来了，老树欣喜若狂。

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One day the boy returned and the tree was so excited. "Come and play with me" the tree said.

一天，男孩回来了，老树特别高兴、“过来玩吧”老树说道、“我没时间玩。”

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Time went by, the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree. One day, the boy came back to the tree and looked sad. "Come and play with me", the tree asked the boy.

时间一天天过去，小男孩慢慢长大了，他很久没来树下了，大树很想念他，大树很难过。一天小男孩来到了树下，大树看到他来了很高兴。

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In Sandy's poster the boy and the girl are repositioned and stand on opposite sides of the tree, the boy is pictured as right-handed rather than left-handed, he wears long pants instead of knickers, and one of his feet is atop the blade pressing it into the ground.

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